Dry product feed and material dosing
Packaging machines - Dry goods and small items
Article REF: AG6601 V1
Dry product feed and material dosing
Packaging machines - Dry goods and small items

Author : Philippe COGNARD

Publication date: April 10, 2006 | Lire en français

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1. Dry product feed and material dosing

Before filling, it is necessary to dose or weigh the required quantity of dry product for each unit pack.

There are three possible ways:

  • volumetric dosing ;

  • weight dosing ;

  • counting.

Beforehand, however, the dosing systems must be supplied with dry products.

1.1 Feeding dry products to dosing systems

  • Gravity systems

Free-flowing products (such as coffee, sugar, salt, rice) are fed to the filling machine by gravity flow, with the storage silo located above the filling hopper of the packaging machine.

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